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Stadium use for '62 season looks dim

Part 1

, Stadium Use f oi;_ '62 t"~-t° 4-~-~I · Season Lool{s Dim
Architects Say Lawsuit Set
Them Back 2 Months on Plans
By MARSHALL VERNIAUD . .
The possibility that Harris County's $18 M1lhon sta­dium
will be ready for use during the 19.62 baseball
season took on a tinge of gray Friday.
Architects for the domed -------------1
arena said that work on plans, However, County Judge Bill
which were to have been re~dy Elliott voiced hope that Hous­for
the taking of construction ton's first National League team
bids about May l, was stopped still will be able to open its
in February because of. ~ law- season next year at the South
suit contesting the vah~ity of Main Street site.
bonds voted for the stad!-um. HE SAID THE lawsuit which
THE ARCHITECTS sa~d com- delayed the project, and which
pletion -of the plans will now was dropped nine days ago, was
take a minimum of two m~mths, damaging to the hopes for early
even i~ work. ·on them IS !e· completion of the stadium. .
sumed 1mmed1ately, before bids Asked what he thinks w 111
can be taken. happen if the ~tadium is not
The _delay of .t~o months or ready for use when the 1962
more m the origm~l construe- basebaH season opens, Judge
tion timetable - which counted Elliott said :
heavily on good weather a_nd "I would assume that if we
smooth progres~ to get the Job are building on one, that would
finished by April of next year- satisfy the National League.
may make its completion by "If we haven't started, or if
that time impossible. it looks like we are not going
The _architects would venture to get started, the National
no prediction. League would pull out."
1 Judge Elliott said he did not
I
k n o w whether the Houston
Sports Association, w h i c h in­tends
to lease the stadium and
field a National League team
here, has made any agreement
See STADIUM on Page 7

Biographical Note: This clipping is part of a collection of Frank E. Mann's papers. Frank E. Mann was a native Texan who served on the Houston City Council from 1960 to 1979. During his tenure of nine terms in the City Council, Mann's accomplishments included a freeway program, the elimination of political firings, the installation of fire department ambulances, and the initiation of an employee insurance program. Concerned about the difficulty of accommodating urban services to the City's growth, he dedicated himself to air and water pollution control, improved sewage and garbage disposal, and a continued supply of pure water. He advocated an equitable system of financing City services between the City and the county.

, Stadium Use f oi;_ '62 t"~-t° 4-~-~I · Season Lool{s Dim
Architects Say Lawsuit Set
Them Back 2 Months on Plans
By MARSHALL VERNIAUD . .
The possibility that Harris County's $18 M1lhon sta­dium
will be ready for use during the 19.62 baseball
season took on a tinge of gray Friday.
Architects for the domed -------------1
arena said that work on plans, However, County Judge Bill
which were to have been re~dy Elliott voiced hope that Hous­for
the taking of construction ton's first National League team
bids about May l, was stopped still will be able to open its
in February because of. ~ law- season next year at the South
suit contesting the vah~ity of Main Street site.
bonds voted for the stad!-um. HE SAID THE lawsuit which
THE ARCHITECTS sa~d com- delayed the project, and which
pletion -of the plans will now was dropped nine days ago, was
take a minimum of two m~mths, damaging to the hopes for early
even i~ work. ·on them IS !e· completion of the stadium. .
sumed 1mmed1ately, before bids Asked what he thinks w 111
can be taken. happen if the ~tadium is not
The _delay of .t~o months or ready for use when the 1962
more m the origm~l construe- basebaH season opens, Judge
tion timetable - which counted Elliott said :
heavily on good weather a_nd "I would assume that if we
smooth progres~ to get the Job are building on one, that would
finished by April of next year- satisfy the National League.
may make its completion by "If we haven't started, or if
that time impossible. it looks like we are not going
The _architects would venture to get started, the National
no prediction. League would pull out."
1 Judge Elliott said he did not
I
k n o w whether the Houston
Sports Association, w h i c h in­tends
to lease the stadium and
field a National League team
here, has made any agreement
See STADIUM on Page 7